Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics

	All clinicians (N = 187)	Physicians’ offices (MD; N = 78)	Retail clinics (NP/PA; N = 109)	p value
Clinician characteristics
Gender (% female)	72 %	41 %	94 %	<0.001
Average number of years in practice (± SD)	13.2 ± 9.5	16.8 ± 10.3	10.6 ± 7.9	<0.001
Hours in practice per week
0–25	3 %	8 %	13 %	<0.001
26–40	69 %	37 %	78 %
> 40	29 %	56 %	9 %
Professional background
MD	–	79 %	–	–
DO	–	21 %	–
NP	–	–	97 %
PA	–	–	3 %
Patient characteristics
Type of insurance for patients with acute respiratory infections*
Medicaid	14 %	14 %	14 %	0.77
Medicare	25 %	34 %	19 %	<0.001
Private	49 %	42 %	53 %	<0.001
Self	9 %	4 %	13 %	<0.001
Sex of patients with acute respiratory infections†
Male	33 %	33 %	33 %	0.81
Female	67 %	67 %	67 %
Age of patients with acute respiratory infections†
18–24	13 %	8 %	13 %	<0.001
25–34	25 %	15 %	26 %
35–44	24 %	18 %	25 %
45–54	18 %	28 %	18 %
55-64	12 %	19 %	12 %
65+	7 %	23 %	6 %

*Based on physician report of patient insurance from survey

†Based on EHR data